Pocket-book or bill-holder.



W. H. S. FERNALD.

POCKET BOOK OR BILL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYS, 1909.

984,060. Patented Sept. 14,1909.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

Application .filed July 3, 19.03. I Serial No,- 505,%01.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. S. FER- NALD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York,- in'the county of New York 51.- and State of New York, have invented or book for holding bills for the reason that it is more or less bulky or cumbersome, and

' therefore prefer to carry their bank bills folded or in a roll loose in their pockets, wlthout any covering or inclosure. This is more or less objectionable for various reasons, as will be understood, and the present invention has for its object to rovlde a pocket-book adapted for hol. ing

tion that it adds very little-to the bulk or the we ght of the folded bills, themselves, and which, when open, serves as a convenient holder for the bills when it is desired to revmove a bill-of any desired denomination from a' package of bills Without disturbin the other bills. To this end the improve pocket-book or bill-holder consists of a piece of leather or other suitable flexible material WhlCh is, when folded once upon itself, about half ,the size of an ordinary bank bill, and the inner ply of the folded piece is provided with a central thumb-opening adjacent to the folding line, so that when a quantity of blllS are placed in the bill-holder and the Q same is in a half-open condition, the bills will be so held between thethumb and finger V of the user that any desired bills may be removed from the package or mass of bills without disturbing the others.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is k a perspective v1ew illustrating the improved same with the bills omitted.

pocket-book or bill-holder, and its manner of use, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the Referring to the drawing, 12 denotes a iece of flexible material, preferably leather,

-which is creased on the line 13, so that the portion 14, constituting the inner flapof the pocket-book or bill-holder, will readily fold over onto the portion 15 constituting the outer flap or part. The flap 14 is provided at its lower edge or near the crease line 13, with acentral opening 16, preferably semi-circular in form, so as to be adapted to receive the thumb of the user which may be pressed against the bills held between the inner and outer flaps 14 and 15 in such a manner that the bill-holder may be retained between the thumb and finger of the user and the bills held tightly in place in such a manner that any desired bill may be removed from the package without disturbing the others, the flap, 14, owing to the opening 16, being left free from the pressure of the thumb of the user. Both flaps 1a and 15 are scored or creased centrally so that when bills are inserted in the holder between the said flaps said bills may be folded over against the inner flap 14 and both flaps may then be folded upon themselves in such a manner as to inclose and hold the bills. The inner flap 14 is preferably formed smaller, or narrower and shorter, than the outer flap 15, as shown, and this will render the billholder less bulky and of more desirable shape when folded.

Instead of making the improved. bill- Y holder from a single piece of flexible material it may be made of two pieces of foldable material flexibly joined together at the line 13, and in such case the inner portion or flap will, of course, be provided at its lower edge with the central thumb-opening 16.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The herein-described pocket-book or of a piece of flexible bill-holder consisting be folded upon itself,

material adapted to and the inner flap of which when folded is rovid ed near the folding line with a thumbreceiving opening, bot-h flaps being creased or scored so as to be adapted to fold upon themselves.

2. The herein-described pocket-book or bill-holder consist-ing of a piece of flexible material adapted to be folded upon itself, and the inner flap of which when folded is provided near the folding line with a central thumb-receiving opening, both flaps being creased or scored so as to be adapted to fold upon themselves, and the said inner flap being smaller than the outer flap.

3. The herein-described pocket-book or bill-holder comprising an outer flap of about half the size of a bank bill, and an inner flap flexibly joined to the said outer flap and provided at its lower edge with a central thumb-opening, and both fiaps being centrally creased or scored so as to be adapted to fold on themselves.

4. The herein-described pocket-book or 5 bill-holder comprising an outer flap of about half the size of a bank bill, and an inner flap flexibly joined to the said outer flap and Witnesses: provided at its lower edge with a. central thumb-opening, and both flaps being centrally. creased or scored so as to be adapted 10 to fold on themselves, said inner flap being smaller than the said outer flap. In'testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

in presence'of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. S. FERNALD.

- EDWARD C. STALEY,

WEBSTER PERCY TIMPSON. 

